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Motu "Traveler" into "low end" iBook G4 (800 Mhz/ 640 Ram) - no sweat. Records fine in "AudioDesk", Peak, or Deck. On Jan 29, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Henry Heine wrote: > I'm using the Panasonic DA-1 portable DAT recorder. It has been > trouble free for almost 10 yrs. sp/dif in from a Yamaha 01V96 with > auxes 3&4 as the post fade record stereo buss. This way I can setup > some mics to pickup the ambient sound and not send them to the stereo > buss, which feeds the PA. > > These days I would avoid DAT because it will soon be obsolete. MD > always sucked and always will because of the data compression scheme. > > The little Edirol is awesome, but has no digital input. It does sound > good and I might have to get one anyhow, and go analog when I need a > mixer. Maybe a competetor will appear with a sp/dif in. > > A portable CD recorder still sounds like the best way for now. > > Henry > > goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote: >> >>I'm curious as to what stereo digital recording units others are >> using to record their live performance off the soundboard. I'm >> currently using a Sony Minidisk MZ-R70[snip] I'm thinking of a DAT >> recorder, like the Panasonic SV-3700 or SV-3800.<< >> kris- forget about DAT. it sucks. don't get me wrong- they sound >> great when they're behaving themselves, but for reliability, >> especially on the move.... you're better off with the MD. if you can >> get hold of the blank media for them (which we in the UK have had to >> wait for until this week), there's a version of MD that can record 90 >> minutes uncompressed onto a 1Gb blank. it eats batteries though. >> otherwise- if you can afford a DAT portable, chances are you could >> stretch to a reasonably portable CD recorder. I have a denon 1/2 >> width (midi hifi) unit that's served well in the rehearsal room. >> there's a "proper" pro portable machine by HHB for about £800 & I >> think marantz do a couple in this sort of price-range. >> just my 2c worth. >> oh, & if you use the line input of the sony, I'm pretty sure it's a >> fixed level rather than the agc that you get on the mic inputs. I may >> be wrong.... I have made albums from MD recordings too- they're >> pretty good at not recording the background noises, as atrac >> compression works by exploiting some psycho-acoustic effect that's >> the same as what y'r hearing does. so an album you know very well >> will sound weird on an MD- remixed, almost- but a live recording >> sounds like what you remember, with all the bar-noise & >> chair-scraping magically absent. >> duncan. >> ********************************************************************** >> ***** >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user >> of the e-mail address to which it was addressed, and may also >> be privileged. If you are not the addressee of this e-mail you may >> not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it >> in any form whatsoever.If you have received this e-mail in error, >> please e-mail the sender by replying to this message. >> It is your responsibility to carry out appropriate virus and other >> checks to ensure that this message and any attachments do not >> affect your systems / data. Any views or opinions expressed in this >> e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >> represent those of MTV Networks Europe unless specifically stated, >> nor does this message form any part of any contract unless so stated. >> MTV reserves the right to monitor e-mail communications from >> external/internal sources for the purposes of ensuring correct >> and appropriate use of MTV communication equipment. >> MTV Networks Europe >> ********************************************************************** >> ***** >